monodisperse
English
Etymology
mono- + disperse
Adjective
monodisperse (comparative more monodisperse, superlative most monodisperse)
- (of a colloid) Having particles of (approximately) the same size.
- (of a polymer, proscribed) Synonym of uniform (“composed of a single macromolecular species”)
Verb
monodisperse (third-person singular simple present monodisperses, present participle monodispersing, simple past and past participle monodispersed)
- To cause to become monodisperse.
- 1971, Craig Wallace & Joseph L. Melnick, “Herpesvirus Neutralization”, in Journal of Immunology:
- Stock virus was monodispersed by passage through a 0.45 tt membrane.
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Derived terms
- monodispersant
- monodispersion
- monodispersive
Anagrams
- promised ones
Italian
Adjective
monodisperse
- feminine plural of monodisperso